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Cultivating Student Leadership
Cultivating Student Leadership
Curriculum
6 Sections
32 Lessons
5 Weeks
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Introduction
1
1.1
Introduction
Section 1: Why Student Leadership?
6
2.1
Prepare – Luke 2:41-52
2.2
Cultivating Student Leadership, Aracelis Vazquez Haye – Video and Discussion Outline
19 Minutes
2.3
Encouraging Leadership in Youth Ministry, Mike Park – Video and Discussion Outline
3 Minutes
2.4
Spiritual Growth and Discipleship as Invitation, Chap Clark – Video and Discussion Outline
5 Minutes
2.5
Questions for Reflection
2.6
Additional Resources
30 Minutes
Section 2: Discerning the Gifts of Student Leadership
5
3.1
Prepare – Matthew 16:13-20
3.2
The Importance of Discerning Leadership in Youth Ministries, Evelyn Parker – Video and Discussion Outline
6 Minutes
3.3
Helping Youth Find Their Voice, Almeda Wright – Video and Discussion Outline
6 Minutes
3.4
Questions for Reflection
3.5
Additional Resources
Section 3: Cultivating and Training Leaders Within the Youth Group
7
4.1
Prepare – Ephesians 4:1-16
4.2
Helping Youth Cultivate Life Skills in the Process of Ministry, Janice McLean-Farrell – Video and Discussion Outline
3 Minutes
4.3
Training Youth to Lead, Chris Russell – Video and Discussion Outline
5 Minutes
4.4
Cultivating Leadership in Youth Group Settings, Mark Park – Video and Discussion Outline
3 Minutes
4.5
Leadership Possibilities, Kishundra King and Whitney Bond – Video and Discussion Outline
5 Minutes
4.6
Questions for Reflection
4.7
Additional Resources
Section 4: Helping Youth to Own the Ministry
7
5.1
Prepare – Acts 11:1-18
5.2
Senior Leadership, Skip Masback – Video and Discussion Outline
5 Minutes
5.3
How to Help Young People Own Their Ministry, Jorge Gonzalez – Video and Discussion Outline
2 Minutes
5.4
Benefits of Outdoor Ministry, Ryan Gackenheimer and Andrew Wicks – Video and Discussion Outline
4 Minutes
5.5
Mentorship in Space Making, Phiwa Langeni – Video and Discussion Outline
5 Minutes
5.6
Questions for Reflection
5.7
Additional Resources
Section 5: Agency in Student Leadership
6
6.1
Prepare – Matthew 14:13-21
6.2
Advice for Youth Ministers, Almeda Wright and Nyle Fort – Video and Discussion Outline
3 Minutes
6.3
Individual and Collective Agency, Almeda Wright and Nyle Fort – Video and Discussion Outline
2 Minutes
6.4
Vocation, Bill Mathis – Video and Discussion Outline
3 Minutes
6.5
Questions for Reflection
6.6
Additional Resources
How to Help Young People Own Their Ministry, Jorge Gonzalez – Video and Discussion Outline
Pastor Jorge Gonzalez talks about how to help young people “own” their youth ministry.
Questions for Discussion:
Rev. Gonzalez gives the youth the power to set the rules, the vision, and the mission. How do we feel about this and how are we doing with this?
How might the youth ownership of the program manifest itself? Where might the “rub” be in our church context? Where might the reward be?
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